NFFA

Nanoscience Foundries and Fine Analysis

Coordinatore	CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE    more  Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Francesca Cognome: Fortunati Email: send email Telefono: +39 010 6598 733 Fax: +39 010 6598 732
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	2˙268˙316 €
EC contributo	1˙800˙000 €
Programma	FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES Specific Programme "Capacities": Research infrastructures
Code Call	FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-06-01   -   2011-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE  Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Francesca Cognome: Fortunati Email: send email Telefono: +39 010 6598 733 Fax: +39 010 6598 732	IT (ROMA)	coordinator	0.00
2	AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS  Organization address address: CALLE SERRANO 117 city: MADRID postcode: 28006 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Eusebio Cognome: Jimenez Arroyo Email: send email Telefono: +34 91 5668852 Fax: +34 91 5668913	ES (MADRID)	participant	0.00
3	OESTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN  Organization address address: DR. IGNAZ SEIPEL-PLATZ 2 city: WIEN postcode: 1010 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Peter Cognome: Laggner Email: send email Telefono: +43 316 4120 300 Fax: +43 316 4120 390	AT (WIEN)	participant	0.00
4	PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT  Organization address address: Villigen city: VILLIGEN PSI postcode: 5232 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Irene Cognome: Walthert Email: send email Telefono: +41 56 310 2664 Fax: +41 56 310 2717	CH (VILLIGEN PSI)	participant	0.00
5	SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL  Organization address address: Polaris House North Star Avenue city: SWINDON postcode: SN2 1SZ contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Gillian Cognome: Carr Email: send email Telefono: +44 1235 44 5516 Fax: +44 1235 44 6011	UK (SWINDON)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'We intend to study the feasibility of an European cluster of nanoscience facilities, which will consist of 3-6 Centres closely attached to a number of selected Large Scale Facilities located within Europe (synchrotron radiation sources, neutron scattering sources, high power lasers including free electron lasers and high performance computing, etc). This cluster of nanoscience facilities will enable users to conduct fine analysis experiments and modelling at the nanoscale by offering access to state-of-the-art synthesis, nanofabrication and analysis to a wide research community. Hence, by providing innovative cutting edge preparation and characterization technologies to European scientists, this delocalized institution will raise the standards of nanoscience experiments in the European Research Area and allow full exploitation of the affiliated Large Scale Facilities. The NFFA design study will develop the Emerging Proposals, named NANOSCIENCE, in synergy with the ESFRI roadmap 2006. NFFA is a structuring project for the ERA that requires to be started with support by the EC under FP7, in order to reach the maturity to be validated as a potential RI by ESFRI. The NFFA Centres for users will share a common technical platform for advanced nanofabrication and characterization of nanostructures, complemented by specialised methods for synthesis of materials, specific analysis, computational methods of simulation, according to a coordinated science plan. The NFFA design study will analyse the full spectrum of Research infrastructures relevant for nanoscience that are currently in operation OR in the preparatory phase of FP7.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Europe has an impressive track record when it comes to nanoscience research, but it has faced challenges translating basic research and development (R&D) into industrial applications. An EU-backed project is helping large-scale facilities (LSFs) to pool their resources for the benefit of the sector.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Nanoscience is widely expected to herald a new age of progress, addressing many of the challenges facing society, including sustainable development, energy production and saving, as well as novel medicines.

Europe is a global powerhouse when it comes to nanoscience and produces world-class research in the field. However, although the EU conducts ground-breaking fundamental research in the field, employing its unique LSFs and translating this R&D into concrete industrial applications has, to date, proved somewhat elusive.

The EU-funded 'Nanoscience foundries and fine analysis' (NFFA) project brings together five leading European nanoscience facilities to tackle this complex challenge jointly. The project has conducted a design study to test the feasibility of a new kind of user infrastructure comprising a cluster of up to six foundry centres. The aim of this cluster is to carry out integrated nanoscience research, provide European researchers with access to state-of-the-art facilities, and improve sample definition and characterisation for advanced experiments.

NFFA partners came up with a blueprint for clustering these infrastructures to maximise their value. The project will function as a distributed facility with a single science programme and access point. The integrated centres will provide facilities for the performance of simulations, synthesis of materials, nanofabrication, atomic precision manufacturing, surface and bulk analysis, and atomic-resolution microscopy.

NFFA has attracted great interest among the managers of large-scale facilities as well as policymakers, and the partners are now investigating complementary follow-up activities.